Scientific findings are communicated through various media e.g., textual, multimedia, audiovisual, and digital - and are produced in a range of products such as technical reports, conference papers and presentations, theses and dissertations, scientific and technical computer software, journal artic... or other types of STI.

The Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP) effectively manages the Department of Energy’s STI, therefore ensuring that U.S. citizens are realizing a maximum return on investment, while ensuring information is appropriately marked and managed in accordance with any statutory access limit...

DOE Programs fund research and other scientific endeavors. For those activities where the STI is not submitted by National Labs, major sites, or through financial assistance awards, it should be submitted by the DOE Program. DOE Programs have the option to submit STI and metadata records on E-Link....

OSTI coordinates the STI Program (STIP), a complex-wide collaboration across DOE programs, field offices, national laboratories, and contractors to disseminate and preserve the Department's STI. In addition to text, OSTI recognizes the growing need to capture scientific research in emerging formats,... on existing partnerships and seeks strategic alliances across a wide range of communities, including DOE, interagency, international, and private sector, to increase access to the Department's research and development results.